Secondary objective outcome measures will be changes in conductive hearing loss and changes in cervical VEMP thresholds between the two groups at the 3-month interval. Secondary subjective outcome measures will be ABC Scale and VAS scores between the two groups at 3 months.

Secondary objective outcome measures will be changes in conductive hearing loss and changes in cervical VEMP thresholds between the two groups at the 3-month interval. Secondary subjective outcome measures will be ABC Scale and VAS scores between the two groups at 3 months.

placement of a cartilage cap over the dome of the superior semicircular canal through a combined transmastoid and tegmen mini- craniotomy approach.

No Intervention: Non Surgical Group

patients meet the same criteria but will elect not to undergo surgery

Detailed Description:

One option for managing a dehiscent superior semicircular canal is surgical intervention. One of the surgical techniques is the transmastoid and tegmen mini-craniotomy cartilage cap occlusion of the dehiscent superior semicircular canal.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and older

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

ambulatory

independent self-sufficient adults

good general health

medically stable

Exclusion Criteria:

Medically unstable

pregnant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01727544